Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | STRUCTURES IN ARCHITECTURE II | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | APX134 | ||||||||
Course Unit Details | Int.M. Architectural Engineering (Required Courses) - BA Architecture (Required Courses) - | ||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | APX132 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | M. Demosthenous “Static and Architecture II” – Lecture Notes | ||||||||
Course Contents | This course focus on the issues related to the synthesis and structural behavior of isostatic and hyrerstatic simple structural systems. The course includes numerical investigations on simple beams, one strory and multistory planar frame structures with beams elements and planar structural members (plates, shells, shear walls). This investigation focus on the estimation of the supporting reaction forces and the distribution of bending moments, axial forces and shear forces on the structural members and the stressing and deformation under various modes of loading. Through practical examples emphasis is given to the simulation of the structure or structural members and the evaluation of the numerical results due to the real structural problem. | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and a number of numerical exercises. Lecture notes are available through the class for students to use in combination with the relevant textbooks and other notes. Lectures are supplemented with two project works (assignments) carried out on an individual basis. In the first project, students are requested to do a number of exercises in order to understand and to be familiar with the estimation of the strength and the stiffness of structural elements and a whole structure. At the second project, again thorough many calculations, the students have to be familiar and able to estimate the reaction forces at the supports of isostatic structures, to design the M, N, Q, diagrams and recognize the critical zones of structure from the stressing point of view. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |